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** John Redcorn more exploits the trope for money and [[Double Entendre|love]]. He could be based on Vincent Laduke, alias Sun Bear, who also exploited this trope, for much the same reason.
* ''Challenge of the [[Superfriends]]'' had Apache Chief, whose magic phrase (which causes him to grow to 50 feet tall) is quoted at the top of this page. One episode says that this is the Apache word for "giant man" (it isn't).
** In one episode, this power was ''far'' more powerful; he was able to say the word dozens of times in succession and actually become ''bigger than the Earth'' itself in order to fight a [[Cosmic Entity]] that was just as big. This is clearly a case of [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]], but it did seem to come out of nowhere.
** There's also one episode where some of the Superfriends find their comrades "with the help of Apache Chief's keen tracking abilities."
* The toy-based animated series ''[[Bravestarr]]'', which had a titular character based on this trope... Just, like said, in space. Magical Native Spacemerican. He was the on-duty marshal of a mining colony on the planet "New Texas", making liberal use of animal powers bestowed on him by spirits. His mentor's name was "Shaman"...
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